Mike Love's attempts to quell the furore over Brian Wilson having to leave the Beach Boys have backfired, with Wilson telling his side of the story in a piece for the Los Angeles Times. "What's confusing is that by Mike not wanting or letting Al [Jardine], David [Marks] and me tour with the band, it sort of feels like we're being fired," Wilson wrote.

Wilson's piece was a response to one by Love in the same newspaper last week in which he wrote: "Let me get right to it: I did not fire Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys." Love said the 50th anniversary tour that brought Wilson, Jardine and Marks back into the fold had always been intended to be a limited run, after which the three would leave and Love's configuration of the Beach Boys – he owns the rights to use the name for touring purposes – would return to the road.

"To avoid public confusion, and at the request of Brian's representative, we had a press release sent out detailing the differences between the two Beach Boys tours and [their] varying lineups," Love wrote. "I was surprised that Brian and Al said they were surprised by this announcement. Some media outlets interpreted all of this as me firing the band."

Wilson, however, remains baffled by Love's actions. He said he was "blindsided" by Love's press release. "I had no idea that it was coming out, since it was crafted by Mike's personal PR firm without my knowledge or approval. No one in my camp would have approved it or the timing."

Wilson said he and Jardine had been keen to accept offers of more shows for the 50th anniversary lineup. "We really weren't out on the road that long for an anniversary of this magnitude and I actually think we should make one last record together," he wrote. "It's Al's and my opinion that all of us together makes for a great representation of the Beach Boys … Al and I want to keep going because we believe we owe it to the music."